Senior Quantitative Developer
First seen by Alion on Sep 9, 2026.
About the Role :
We are seeking exceptionally talented Quantitative Developers who are passionate about designing and optimizing high-performance trading systems. This role involves building and refining trading infrastructure, handling vast amounts of market data, and collaborating with quantitative researchers to develop and enhance algorithmic trading systems.
As a Senior Quantitative Developer, you will play a crucial role in strengthening our firms trading capabilities by building robust, scalable systems that process real-time and historical financial data with minimal latency.
Responsibilities may include :
- Trading System Development : Enhance existing execution algorithms to reduce latency and improve execution efficiency.
- Backtesting and live trading Platform(python) : Work on improving our in-house high-performance backtesting and live trading framework to validate and refine trading strategies.
- Automation & Risk Management : Build real-time monitoring and risk management tools to track live trading performance.
- Performance Optimization : Work on optimizing existing codebases for better speed, efficiency, and scalability.
- Mentorship and Team leadership : Lead and mentor a small team of upto 2-3 junior developers. Guide them in their tasks and as a team complete big projects.
Requirements :
- Experience : 3-5 years of hands-on experience in software development, preferably in a high-performance computing or trading environment. Preferably already being a senior engineer.
Skills
Trading Systems, Quant, Data Infrastructure, Python